Harrison Township, Gallia County, Ohio

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Municipalities and townships of Gallia County.

Harrison Township is one of the fifteen townships of Gallia County, Ohio, United States. It is one of nineteen Harrison Townships in Ohio.

According to the 2000 federal census[1] Harrison Township has a population of 1,003.

There are no incorporated municipalities within the township. The bulk of the township is served by the Gallia County Local School District, except for a small area in the northern extremity of the township, which lies within the Gallipolis City School District.

Harrison Township borders the following other townships:

Green Township - north
Clay Township - east
Ohio Township - southeast corner
Guyan Township - south
Mason Township, Lawrence County - southwest corner
Walnut Township - west
Perry Township - northwest corner

The township is served by State Routes 218 and 790. Hannan Trace Road, one of the oldest roads in Ohio, having originally been laid out in 1798 by Thomas Hannan under contract with the federal government, is also one of the main roads in the township. It was originally one of the main highways connecting Chillicothe, Ohio and points east during the time period when Chillicothe served as the capital of the Northwest Territory and the first capital of the state of Ohio.

Mad Ann Bailey, a noted frontierswoman, spent the final years of her life living on a farm located near the present day site of Bailey Chapel Church along SR 218. In 1908 her remains were relocated from a plot on the site of this farm to Tu-Endie-Wei State Park in Point Pleasant, West Virginia in commemoration of her husband Richard Trotter's death in the October 10, 1774 Battle of Point Pleasant, an event which spurred her to assume a very active role in Lord Dunmore's War.

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Ohio department of Transportation Welsh Scenic Byway

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	Gallia County, Ohio Gallipolis, county seat
Municipalities	Centerville \| Cheshire \| Crown City \| Gallipolis \| Rio Grande \| Vinton
Townships	Addison \| Cheshire \| Clay \| Gallipolis \| Green \| Greenfield \| Guyan \| Harrison \| Huntington \| Morgan \| Ohio \| Perry \| Raccoon \| Springfield \| Walnut
Other localities	Bidwell \| Kerr \| Patriot \| Thurman